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Thread: SEEKING INTEREST- 4 cavity Ingot molds

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    SEEKING INTEREST- 4 cavity Ingot molds

    I've been playing around with this in my head for sometime. I'm posting this as an INTEREST thread, to gauge how many might sign up. I will need that data, to get pricing together.

    A few years back, one of our CB members offered a similar mold in 4-cav as die-cast. My thought is to offer die-cast IF we can get the order count high enough. I'm currently talking with a couple local shops about having tooling made and in order to make this available to everyone, I will pad each mold with an equal portion of the tooling cost. So the more we get, the smaller the cost per-piece.

    Here is what I have so far:


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    This is now the FINAL DESIGN!

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    Here are the dimensions for those asking about size. Each ingot will be 1.4" wide X .9" deep X 5.25" long
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    Showing that 12 of the bars can be stacked in a small USPS Flat rate box with no room to spare, this means for you that sell your lead, you get 30LBS shipped for just $7.15 USD
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    Once I have numbers flowing in, I'll start calculating the Piece Cost


    NOTE: I still have to design up the handle geometry of the mold and the handle to be used, rest-assured, you will have this detail as I progress.

    Hillbilly Gold Mold (20 molds)

    1) os ok wants 1
    2) dw475 wants 3
    3) jmort wants 1
    4) retread wants 2
    5) aodmelter wants 1
    6) rototerrier wants 2
    7) huntnman wants 2
    8) yogi wants 1
    9) kingstrider wants 2
    10) Wayne S wants 2
    11) sureynot wants 1
    12) minerat wants 2

    Cast Boolits Mold (107 molds)

    1) thraxx wants 2
    2) brass410 wants 1
    3) pjames32 wants 2
    4) beagle333 wants 1
    5) hossfly wants 2
    6) rcmaveric wants 1
    7) camper64 wants 1
    8) jsnover wants 1
    9) dw475 wants 3
    10) 762sultan wants 1
    11) toallmy wants 2
    12) tja6435 wants 2
    13) kevin c wants 4
    14) osteodoc08 wants 1
    15) goodalloy wants 1
    16) papercidal wants 2
    17) jwt wants 2
    18) sukivel wants 1
    19) jmort wants 1
    20) loudy13 wants 2
    21) 2011redrider wants 1
    22) thor's daddy wants 1
    23) bookworm wants 2
    24) psychodad wants 1
    25) springfield wants 2
    26) butler ford wants 2
    27) bpatterson84 wants 1
    28) jac43 wants 1
    29) valley-shooter wants 2
    30) gtgeorge wants 2
    31) stubach wants 4
    32) aodmelter wants 1
    33) bobby wants 1
    34) walks wants 1
    35) rogerdat wants 2
    36) chad5005 wants 2
    37) redriverhunter wants 2
    38) dyecoker1 wants 4
    39) mattw wants 2
    40) redhawks357mag wants 2
    41) huntnman wants 2
    42) yogi wants 1
    43) mjdd23 wants 1
    44) wendyj wants 2
    45) Sghinds wants 1
    46) Went2kck wants 1
    47) BigHoss74 wants 2
    48) Oldhenry wants 1
    49) glockky wants 2
    50) Dieselhorses wants 1
    51) 45workhorse wants 2
    52) danmat wants 2
    53) minerat wants 1
    54) Broomstraw wants 2
    55) worker wants 3
    56) Tallahassee wants 1
    57) Ronic wants 2
    58) tja6435 wants 4
    59) corey012778 wants 1
    60) The Governor wants 1
    61) huntnman wants 2
    62) TaylorS wants 3


    Mixed Mold with Hillbilly Gold and Cast Boolits (3 molds)
    1) omega wants 2
    2) Stmtrn wants 1
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    I'd be interested with the CB logo for sure!

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    oh yeah I'd be interested

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    Interested. The handle design from the NOE ingot mold (NOE or Lee 6 gang handle) works well.
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    Just food for thought, will the volume of the mold be based on pure lead? I believe pure lead weights more than lead with alloy (tin/antimony). Since you are pushing the weight limit of a USPS small box there will be little room for any variance if your basing your volume off of lead with alloy.

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    Interested in the 'Hillbilly Gold' mould not a 'CB' logo.

    So, those in on sharing the tooling cost will get them at cost + the tooling charges + shipping?
    All others in the future will pay a marked up for proffit price?
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    Interested in CB logo.
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    Interested in CB logo.

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    I am interested in the Hill Billy Gold with a cast boolit logo.
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    Interested in CB logo.

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    I'd buy one with the CB logo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OS OK View Post
    Interested in the 'Hillbilly Gold' mould not a 'CB' logo.

    So, those in on sharing the tooling cost will get them at cost + the tooling charges + shipping?
    All others in the future will pay a marked up for proffit price?
    It's a good question, but until I get some idea of how many to have made, it's tough to speculate.

    Best case- 200 molds get made from a GB here and the tooling gets paid for in first order at a cost of maybe $5 each. Tooling is paid and future orders only need setup fee.

    Worst case - 20 molds get made and each order has a $50 cost.... this gets hard to swallow for anyone.

    I'm not looking to make a dime off this, only a few molds for running the process if it works, so let's see if there are enough interested


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    I would be interested.

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    I'm in for one.

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    I would go for a couple , just let me know - toallmy

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    I'd do 2
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    I'd be in, probably for two.

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    Interested based on cost and with CB logo or no logo.

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    Interested in CB logo. However the hillbilly gold would not be a deal-breaker for me

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    I'd be up for two depending on cost preferably with the cb logo

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